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When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

James Carville

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James Carville
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 25
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I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.
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You don't need a guidebook to see New Orleans - just a good pair of shoes.
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I didn’t just experiment with marijuana – if you know what I mean.
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Don't get mad. Don't get even. Just get elected, then get even.
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I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.
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You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.
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Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.
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Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble.
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When the facts change, you change your mind. I know that is a hard concept for people to get sometimes.
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Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change.
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The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that didn’t have a clue than there were Republicans.
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You know, back in 2000 a Republican friend of mine warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we'd lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know what: I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, and I'll be damned if all those things didn't come true.
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You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan.
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